Dyer

name
Elementary
1

An English surname originating as an occupation for a dyer of cloth.

2

A minor city in Crawford County, Arkansas; named for S. M. Dyer, who bought the town's land.

3

A town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago; named for early settler Martha Dyer Hart.

4

A census-designated place in Esmeralda County, Nevada; named for nearby Dyer's Ranch.

5

A city in Gibson County, Tennessee.

6

An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia; named for postmaster G. M. Dyer.

7

A river in Maine; running from Jefferson into the Sheepscot River at the village of Sheepscot in Newcastle.

8

A bay near Steuben, Maine.

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